Author Archives: Paperdue
Writing Discussion Responses
Many classes require students to write once or twice-weekly discussion responses to the readings as part of the class, often along with the requirement to respond to other posters...
May 27, 2014
The difference between formal and informal writing styles
Many professors complain that their students do not know how to use appropriate formal diction in academic writing. Because students spend so much of the day texting and using...
April 15, 2014
How to deal with difficult professors
Every student has ‘that one’ professor he or she can’t seem to please during his or her college career. (Or, if a student is very unlucky, several professors). Before...
March 12, 2014
The challenges of being an ESL/EFL student at an English-speaking college
The transition from high school to college is daunting for all students but for ESL/EFL students, the transition can be even more intimidating and fraught with complications. First and...
February 25, 2014
How to write a quality essay in only a few hours
Everyone who has taken the SAT is familiar with the pressure of having to write a high-quality essay in a very compressed period of time: the written section of...
February 11, 2014
How to know if a source is peer-reviewed or not
It is very tempting, particularly with an obscure topic, to simply type in the subject of a research paper into Google and press ‘click’ to access the first webpage...
January 28, 2014